House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Stay Cool Act

H.R. 9021Introduced May 22, 2026Policy area: Emergency Management

Official title: To improve response to, and preparation for, heat waves and extreme heat, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ

Where it went

IntroducedMay 22, 2026
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To the President—
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Latest action: May 22, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9021.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 88, May 22, 2026, Page H3731):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2026 ↗
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats

0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-12 district

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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.